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    Sep 17, 2018 8 minutes
    By Don Benn
    DON BENN

    THIS time I am covering the recent performances of A4 Pacific No. 60009 Union of South Africa, plus some from the twilight years of Scottish steam in 1964/65. I have had precious few runs behind this engine in preservation, though I reported on the running of the 'Jubilee Requiem' in issue 196. John Cameron, the owner of No. 60009, has announced it is his intention to retire the engine from the main line in 2019, so I took the chance for a run behind‘No. 9’on the Railway Touring Company's trip to Minehead on Saturday, August 18.

    The long hot days of June and July had seen Network Rail impose a requirement for diesel power on all trains with a steam locomotive present, to protect the linesides and adjoining properties from the risk of fire. I suppose this is inevitable in these risk-averse times, though lineside fires in the days of steam were accepted as part of everyday life. By mid-August, there had been sufficient rain in most areas to hope the ban would be lifted – and word was the Western Region would allow the trip to Minehead to run diesel free. However, when I telephoned the RTC office to book my place they were unsure of the situation, but I booked anyway

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